The part of the plot the introduces the characters, setting, and atmosphere.
What is the introduction?
100
A character or force who wants something opposite than the protagonist. (The bad guy)
What is an antagonist?
100
A character who is in opposition with themselves, usually over a decision that needs to be made.
Normally one of the characters is winning the fight.
What is Person Vs. Person?
100
The perspective or angle from which the author tells the story.
What is the point of view?
100
The point of the paragraph. It is the most important thought about the topic.
What is the main idea?
200
The most intense part of the story where suspense is heightened.
What is the Climax?
200
A small character, or the antagonist who's believes contrast with the protagonist.
This person's hate or attitude helps us get to know the protagonist better and it helps us root for them.
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
What is the foil?
200
A character who is in opposition with themselves, usually over a decision that needs to be made.
What is Person Vs. Self?
200
Hints or clues as to suggest what will happen later in the story.
What is Foreshadowing?
200
List the points of view.
First person: The narrator is telling the story (using "I")
Third person: The narrator is an outside observer, using she, he, and they.
300
The problem in the story: a struggle between characters, or between a characters and some inner or outer force.
What is the conflict?
300
A character who changes over time.
What is a dynamic character?
300
When the protagonist's Ideas conflict with that of the majority of others.
What is Person Vs. Society?
300
A contradiction between what is expected and what really happens.
What is Irony?
300
A statement about human nature or about life that the author is trying to express.
What is Theme?
400
A point in the story where there is a decisive change, or the plot changes direction.
What is the turning point?
400
A character known for only for one trait or characteristic.
What is the flat character
400
When a person must battle the elements.
What is Person Vs. Nature?
400
An object or person that stands for something else and usually helps explain the theme of the story.
What is the symbol?
400
A narrative mode in which the protagonist is referred to by second-person personal pronouns for example, "you".
What is second person?
500
The events after the climax, the problem is being worked out and the action is winding down.